| Padubysis | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
|   Padubysis Location of Padubysis | |
| Coordinates: 55°33′43″N 23°04′37″E / 55.56194°N 23.07694°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania | 
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia | 
| County | Šiauliai County | 
| Municipality | Kelmė District Municipality | 
| Eldership | Loliai eldership | 
| Population  (2011) | |
| • Total | 24 | 
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | 
Padubysis is a village in the Kelmė District Municipality in Lithuania.
History
Before World War II, the village was a shtetl; the majority of the inhabitants were Jews until the German invasion of Russia in June 1941.[1] On August 15 and 16, 1941, 120 Jews from Padubysis and the nearby villages of Lyduvėnai and Bulavėnai were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by German Einsatzgruppen and local Lithuanian collaborators. [2] A stele has been erected on the site of the massacre.
References
- ↑ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ↑ "YAHAD - IN UNUM". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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